US /ˈθaɪbəl/ UK /ˈθaɪbəl/
noun Freq #925851

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Northern English and Scots: a stick used for stirring porridge or other food

    She stirred the porridge with a wooden thible.

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English thyvelle, perhaps from Old English þȳfel (“thicket”) through an intermediate sense of "whisk".

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